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US3344565A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Interlocked lightweight building structure

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-01-27
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Granted: 1967-10-03
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Expires: 1985-01-27
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Norman H Nye

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 04:09
CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04B; E04B1/00; E04B1/32; E04B1/3211; E04B2001/3235; E04B2001/3241; E04B2001/3247; E04B2001/3252; E04B2001/3294

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 242 words
IN A BUILDING STRUCTURE DEFINING A POLYHEDRON SHAPE THE COMBINATION OF A PLURALITY OF ELONGATE SUBSTANTIALLY FLATTENED V-SHAPED IN SECTION FRAMES, THE ENDS OF EACH FRAME BEING OFFSET FROM A CENTER PLANE OF THE FRAME AND HAVING TRANSVERSELY DIRECTED SLOT EXTENDING HALFWAY ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE FRAME ABOUT AT ATHE JOINDER OF THE OFFSET ENDS WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE FRAME, A PLURALITY OF CORNER SUPPORTS, EACH HAVING A POLYHEDRON SHAPED CENTER PORTION AND A PLURALITY OF FLATTENED V-SHAPED ARMS EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREFROM, THE END OF EACH ARM BEING OFFSET FROM A CENTER PLANE OF THE ARM AND HAVING A TRANSVERSELY DIRECTED SLOT EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY HALFWAY ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE ARM ABOUT AT THE JOINDER OF THE OFFSET END WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE ARM WITH THE ARMS AND FRAMES BEING SLOTTED FOR INTERLOCKING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE OFFSET ENDS OF EACH ARM AND THE OFFSET ENDS OF EACH FRAME TO HOLD THE FRAMES IN FIXED RELATIONSHIP OF DEFINE THE POLYHEDRON SHAPE COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR GEOMETRIC SHAPES, AND A PLURALITY OF COVER PANELS HAVING SHAPES CORRESPONDING TO THE GEOMETRIC SHAPES DEFINED BY THE FRAMES, SAID PANELS HAVING DADO RECESSED GROOVES IN THE EDGES THEREOF COMPLETELY AROUND THE PERIPHERY THEREOF WITH EACH PANEL HAVING ITS GROOVE SLIDABLY RECEIVING ABOUT ONE HALF OF THE WIDTH OF A RESPECTIVE FRAME SO THAT THE EDGE THEREOF IS ADJACENT THE EDGE OF ANOTHER PANEL AROUND ITS FULL PERIPHERY TO DEFINE AN ENCLOSURE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 242 words
IN A BUILDING STRUCTURE DEFINING A POLYHEDRON SHAPE THE COMBINATION OF A PLURALITY OF ELONGATE SUBSTANTIALLY FLATTENED V-SHAPED IN SECTION FRAMES, THE ENDS OF EACH FRAME BEING OFFSET FROM A CENTER PLANE OF THE FRAME AND HAVING TRANSVERSELY DIRECTED SLOT EXTENDING HALFWAY ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE FRAME ABOUT AT ATHE JOINDER OF THE OFFSET ENDS WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE FRAME, A PLURALITY OF CORNER SUPPORTS, EACH HAVING A POLYHEDRON SHAPED CENTER PORTION AND A PLURALITY OF FLATTENED V-SHAPED ARMS EXTENDING RADIALLY THEREFROM, THE END OF EACH ARM BEING OFFSET FROM A CENTER PLANE OF THE ARM AND HAVING A TRANSVERSELY DIRECTED SLOT EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY HALFWAY ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE ARM ABOUT AT THE JOINDER OF THE OFFSET END WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE ARM WITH THE ARMS AND FRAMES BEING SLOTTED FOR INTERLOCKING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE OFFSET ENDS OF EACH ARM AND THE OFFSET ENDS OF EACH FRAME TO HOLD THE FRAMES IN FIXED RELATIONSHIP OF DEFINE THE POLYHEDRON SHAPE COMPRISED OF A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR GEOMETRIC SHAPES, AND A PLURALITY OF COVER PANELS HAVING SHAPES CORRESPONDING TO THE GEOMETRIC SHAPES DEFINED BY THE FRAMES, SAID PANELS HAVING DADO RECESSED GROOVES IN THE EDGES THEREOF COMPLETELY AROUND THE PERIPHERY THEREOF WITH EACH PANEL HAVING ITS GROOVE SLIDABLY RECEIVING ABOUT ONE HALF OF THE WIDTH OF A RESPECTIVE FRAME SO THAT THE EDGE THEREOF IS ADJACENT THE EDGE OF ANOTHER PANEL AROUND ITS FULL PERIPHERY TO DEFINE AN ENCLOSURE.

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